tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60470702024-03-13T23:10:17.204-07:00HelloSpidersHomebase blog for a group of sites updated by Will Pollard. The hope is to work out how they link together so people can find the bits of interest.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comBlogger492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-90691444256051501042024-02-06T02:08:00.000-08:002024-02-06T02:08:34.486-08:0015 minute STEAM Village These notes are a basis for tweets with clips of the route. there may be other 15 minute STEAM villages, This one is in central Exeter.---------------15 minute STEAM VillageLast week on Drama Show I left for a visit to Tech Exeter breakfast at Innovation Hub. Both trips there and back were under 15 minutes so the timing scope is a possible space.BETT at ExCEL had a STEM Village based on will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-13896283694792487582023-12-11T03:38:00.000-08:002023-12-11T03:38:56.776-08:00Tweet bundle ahead of next year This text became three tweets. Here in blog as one chunk. To be expanded / repeated next year.( April exists now as part of the mix )News is that Times HE will launch a table next year for online universities. Starts in April, close to a conference in Exeter. Same dates Learning Technologies show at ExCEL London. Coursera and Udemy will be there, just about mentioned in blogs about HEwill789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-33814460846858017602023-11-14T08:24:00.000-08:002023-11-14T08:24:52.505-08:00 Six month planStarting with reality, main events outside Exeter are BETT in January and Learning Technologies in April, both at ExCEL in London. Issues around online learning can be part of discussion already, including voice computer interface. Climate topics connect to the mural near Phoenix that will appear in the "Spring" , date unknown. Moving on the fiction / drama there are stories from Exeter will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-9780228820024508522023-09-26T07:41:00.000-07:002023-09-26T07:41:04.250-07:00 Notes around drama , BETT, Plymouth DAB 2023 / 24To be expanded later. BETT is edtech show in Jan '24. Phonic FM will be on DAB in Plymouth by the end of '23.Drama Show ( Thur 8 -10 ) has included stories from Exeter University on climate. Issues around copyright, recording, creative commons determine the scop of what can be broadcast. Links online can be promoted.BBC clips can be put on YouTube for example STEAM from Today. https://will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-28424689329740891722023-09-05T06:18:00.000-07:002023-09-05T06:18:16.205-07:00Gutenberg Parenthesis another update During a week of holiday I have started to read "The Gutenberg Parenthesis2 by Jeff Jarvis. that is i started abouthalf way through and concentrated on the ideas about what to do next. So I still have only a vague idea of the chronology. I have another sort of holiday, a fortnight, coming up soon so will try to read it from page one to 250 . Depends on the rain, I may be moving about.This will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-74935695583449867572023-08-21T07:14:00.002-07:002023-08-21T07:14:40.562-07:00Three Thursdays in May ( play about #HeavitreeWhipton set in May 2024 ) Guardian Story This story confirms mt impression that the discussion around low traffic areas has gone beyond facts. It assumes the opposition to Low Traffic experiments is all contrived as part of a culture war. There is no space for considering if the issues raised are real. I may try to continue in some ways but more likely I will work on a play, a drama set in May next year. will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-8157559179821784832023-08-21T05:20:00.001-07:002023-08-21T05:20:50.236-07:00Gutenberg Parenthesis updateI have been reading some of the Jeff Jarvis book on the Gutenberg Parenthesis but cannot read it page at a time in the right order as intended. I think most of the history is in the first hundred pages or so then there is a lot of opinion.Using the index I found Postscript but not Adobe or PDF. Maybe over 500 years ot so the last 50 cannot get much space. As it happens the news today is that Johnwill789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-20273698449319935882023-06-13T03:07:00.002-07:002023-06-13T03:07:51.316-07:00Tweet Your Thesis I visited Exeter campus yesteday and will come back to EduExe later. Some of the talks will be availabe as podcasts so I will link then. I also saw posters for recent thesis projects. There is a #TweetYourThesis tag for Twitter . Four have interesting links that turned up. Pankhuri Singh explores modern taks on Shakespeare. She follows @CEMSexeter where I found an interview on Radio will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-51925862701683781312023-06-05T02:08:00.003-07:002023-06-05T02:08:48.389-07:00 Notes for the week around Phonic FM The storyteller returns to Exeter for the Respect Festival next weekendI hope he will contribute to the Drama Show next week, Thur 8 -10Projects include a possible guest edit of Today Program. We have not heard about our suggestion but we will develop something anyway ahead of August. The topic is around education moving online with a focus on projected demand for student accommodation, Exeter aswill789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-31259480835177425942023-05-30T10:16:00.002-07:002023-05-30T10:16:16.992-07:00Student numbers in Exeter There is a consultation from Exeter Council so I am asking again about Exeter University thinking on future numbers. Council may extend the area where planning permission is needed for a house to be used for students. I am still trying to find out how the university plans for future, say next ten or twenty years around hybrid model, some campus some online. See previous posts. In will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-73989618120492494582023-04-15T09:57:00.001-07:002023-04-15T09:57:27.731-07:00#HybidAsNormal #ResultsWeek What happens to the site on Oxford Street for London College of Fashion ? On the way back from BETT we left the Elizabeth Line to look at Oxford Street. Chris Norton took a photo of the London College of Fashion. This moves to Stratford sometime soon so it will be interesting to find out what happens to this site.The University of the arts ( London ) seems to keep building new locations, Kings Cross etc. The Elephant with Communication appears to have a new will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-34690880179843051182023-04-10T05:03:00.001-07:002023-04-10T05:03:39.635-07:00 Thinking about live drama and social mediaA couple of news items over the weekend seem to relate to observations about the lack of social media clips promoting drama performance. Sunday Times reports a "mini-riot" at Bodyguard at Palace Theatre in Manchester. The audience may have expected a singalong evening. Observer notices several plays based on reputation of novels or films. Mrs Doubtfire will be a musical. Previously I have been will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-64339210412211715632023-03-20T10:43:00.001-07:002023-03-20T10:44:06.992-07:00#ComedyModel Comedy social media as a model for drama With the Phonic Drama Show I have been trying to find bits of sound that promote live performance. Phonic is mostly music so the audience is familiar with samples, remix, social media versions of new releases and previous live concerts. So far I find that most people working on theatre productions do not think about such a format or prefer to expect an audience to only discover new content will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-65975179568339700712023-02-28T03:39:00.001-08:002023-02-28T03:39:44.288-08:00 #HybridAsNormal Linking BETT and Learning TechnologiesI may be getting too caught up in fiction, working on my plays and the Drama Show on Phonic FM. Meanwhile reality may be passing by. There is still enough material for dramatic tension but in some space and time there could be resolution through change.Thinking about BETT at the end of March I realise it makes more sense with Learning Technologies in May. BETT started with schools . now includes will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-88915346373669276352023-02-20T10:00:00.001-08:002023-02-20T10:00:31.478-08:00Comedian needed for Lowlands Music Awards Show in Edinburgh Can social media find a comedian? Will samples help to promote the event? This is in background for the key information. the event is a new music awards show for the Lowlands, based in Edinburgh. the Biscuit Factory is booked for Sept 2nd 2023. The comedian will open the second half of the evening, after the drinks interval. Probably they will have local knowledge. Anyone outside Edinburgh will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-85508028716417174332023-02-14T09:32:00.003-08:002023-02-14T09:32:29.293-08:00 Notes early 2023This probably fits together, in ways that could become clear. Enough for a chat show / music show with 20 minutes of chat over two hours. Not all radio is live as other things happen. There may be repeats or the story so far.Wild Show with Design Thinking, expected 23rd FebBETT , tech education show , 29th - 31 MarchHow to design radio shows for Wed and Thur that week? Link possible to will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-42684404057724290112023-01-04T03:39:00.000-08:002023-01-04T03:39:01.881-08:00Virus policy, help please, clues? ( was IPEX 2002 ) My previous blog on IPEX 2002 has been unpublished. It is something to do with community guidelines on malware and virus dangers. I have had a look and it seems ro be just text. Anyone who knows about this sort of policy please add a comment.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-84191183098960468872022-12-14T05:27:00.000-08:002022-12-14T05:27:07.323-08:00Attempt to add to YouTube discussion on HE Copied from email from Times Higher Education -Her own path through higher education took her from an upbringing in County Durham in the north of England to the White House – and now Fiona Hill is coming home to take up the chancellorship at the University of Durham. The former adviser to three US presidents is in no doubt about the challenges the sector faces. “The future of higher will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-76975524849764118342022-10-31T08:48:00.003-07:002022-10-31T08:48:29.609-07:00Plan for the week This week I am getting ready for a video for a conference on cities. This is a follow up to one from June 2021. this started with the idea of a temp radio studio to explore urban space. Place as stage is the title, I will try to include a quote from Doreen Massey but I am still not sure when Stage exists. On Saturday the Play Cafe will be at MakeTank as part of a Social Science set of will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-38770361402579977932022-10-18T04:10:00.002-07:002022-10-18T04:10:49.362-07:00Update on Heavitree Bus Stop Last week I did a video on behalf of "Disgruntled of Heavitree" about the bus stop at South Lawn Terrace ( in Exeter UK ) . The problem is that the time table is now very high on the poster, in small type though surrounded by white space. Devon Live have added to the story and the video has had 700 views. However I don't think StageCoach realise there is still a will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-1047443968321397822022-10-11T08:05:00.003-07:002022-10-11T08:05:52.452-07:00 Dates and Topics around Play and FutureLearnFollowing two videos from Futures2022 I am intending to link to more events from Playful Cafe and then my own video for a conference on Future Cities. Background continues how a hybrid model of learning could work and how much building is required. Do we need more student accommodation in Exeter ? If Exeter University did more online there might be less need for residence. The playful way to will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-52327022536332528952022-08-16T03:16:00.005-07:002022-08-16T03:16:41.500-07:00 Help PleaseNext ten days or soI am doing some radio shows around the Exeter Street Arts Festival. Includes Drama Show Thursday 8-10 on PhonicFM . I can find YouTube playlists for headliners on party at Phoenix. Probably some sound for music performers. But I do not know contacts or mp3 links for theatre, storytelling poetry though in scope for event. Previously Widsith and Deor Theatre was a base for info. will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-86610492415077263822022-08-08T05:48:00.003-07:002022-08-08T05:48:50.080-07:00Cybercrash 2 backup and MOOC optionsI still think Adobe and NASDAQ could head quite a bit lower. There is an upbeat recently but if there is a UK recession as Bank of England predicts then there could be some issuesfor tech. Share prices for Coursera and 2U continue low, as if at bottom of a shape similar to 2000 phase. FutureLearn is possibly in a similar situation. So I am expecting continuing problems for a few years. Around will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-44192996502637904442022-07-26T05:50:00.000-07:002022-07-26T05:50:21.311-07:00 Creative Commons / Content Marketing August 2022I am not sure the Exeter Street Arts Festival is happening but expect something on the Saturday of August Bank Holiday. From before lockdowns I have been promoting video of Modou Ndiaye & Suntou Susso as a way to promote the next event. On Facebook there is a group for the Pop-up Centre for Bar Management, Performance and Camera Studies. The idea was to persuade pubs and other venues to will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047070.post-41179874232673770602022-06-28T09:11:00.001-07:002022-06-28T09:11:35.591-07:00Ethics and AI - Music Streaming / Radio Shows There is an Agile Rabbit meeting on Thursday about ethics and AI. Last week the BBC Academy ad an online conference about AI and a digital future for BBC and other broadcasting. BBC emphasis was on news but AI is already working for music and comedy clips. In some ways the streaming platforms are ahead of radio / TV companies.I am thinking about how the ethics would relate. Mostly I am will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com